News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

| I'm the NTH night, counting from &c
morrow, we Will rescue you by a rop
ladder. At one o'clock we will attacl
a strong line to the end of your cord
Pull this until the ladder reaches you
The line Will be sufficiently strong t
( bear your weight. Place the line owe
a hook or post, but do not make it fast
We will hold the end, so fear not. Th
| line Will be withdrawn after your des
cent, so that no one will discover tn
manner of your escape. There will b.
no moon. Before daybreak you will b.
on vessel under way for England. I
youcan devise any other means, or hav,
any suggestions to make, you can com
municate as before; we will pass night,
until we have some token from you
We are two who have sworn to save you
| One of us will ascend to assist you il
your descent, if you desire it. May Coo
to whom you have prayed, nerve you tx
your task"
The next night we received the fol
lowing answer:
81 will provide the ladder, which yol
will pull toward you with the cord.
have trusted eunuch who will assis
me, as his life belongs to me. Thinl
well of the danger; have no right tx
place you in jeopardy. In case of dis
covery a rope ladder upon you woult
prove your guilt; you would be seizet
and disposed of, none would know how
except the headsman. Your crime anC
mine are punishable by death. My life
is nothing, nor would I be missed, but
you have loved ones at home. Should
you change your minds on the night ap
pointed, God have mercy upon me!
viii not live to see the light of another
day. I have often meditated this act
I have felt that God, to whom I have
always prayed, would deliver me, an6
that I would be allowed to thank him III
his sanctuary. # you do not find the
cord, you may know that 1 have beer
betrayed. If all is safe, the cord viii
be weighted with silken purse contain,
ing Jewels to reward you and to assist IL
my escape. Should you not find this
token, it Will be because I have beer
discovered. Then be on your guard
against assassination. 1 shall not look
for you until the hour named"
My friend, Captain H, had fallen
most desperately in love. 1 say des-
perately, because he neither slept,
ate nor drank; nor would he give me
any rest. 1t was reassuring to me
to see a fellow so far gone; L had thought
myself the only one who could be SO
Cracked" He was always at my heels
and had become my shadow. L learned
his whole history. The cause of his 60
ing to sea was the removal of O haxen-
haired, blue-eyed schoOlmate who had
been his beloved little friend from his
earliest memory. Her parents had re
moved to Moscow. and thence, as he
was informed, to Odessst, from uLIvlI
port he had last sailed, with a
cargo of grain for Falmouth for orders.
At Odessa he had made the most search
ing inquiries, and learned that a family
of the same name had gone to Alexan-
dria about six years previous. He had
been, until our present adventure, re-
markably quiet and difident. He had
told me that his dffidence arose from
the fact that he was almost a woman
hater, and that he never expected to be
happy until he found his early love,
whom he last saw when she was eleven
and he twelve years of age. His inter
est in the fair captive was doubtless
aroused by the fact that she strongly
resembled his early love.
The eventful night arrived. 1 gave a
supper at the hotel to allay any sus-
picion. Supper was ordered for twenty,
and was served at eleven o'clock, which
meant an all night spree. Wine flowed
freely ,and had its effect upon our friends
At twelve o'clock, by preconcerted ar
rangement, note was handed to me by
a servant. / pretended that it had been
sent by my second officer and that it
announced that my chief officer had
killed one of the crew. Apologizing for
my sudden departure I promised to re-
turn as soon as possible and finish the
night. My friend, Captain H, in
sisted upon going with me. [ protested,
but he was obstinate, and finally, as the
company insisted that it was not safe to
go alone, we two separated in company.
We arrived at the gate in our usual
drunken condition, feed the
guard literally and passed through. A
few minutes later we returned and had
our cigars and lanterns lighted, pre-
tending that the latter had been put
out accidentally. They were SO ready
in assisting us that we gave them an
other handful of piasters, and made
them understand that they We're not to
allow any one to follow us. They earn
estly promised and We started again,
our hearts almost bursting with rapid
pulsation. We found the cord; purse
was at the end of it. So far all was safe.
Running to the farther gate as quick
ly as possible, We repeated our former
of bribes, and the guards there
promised us that while we were in the
street nobody should pass them. Thus
we had the field to ourselves, with
guards ON either hand to protect us from
We returned to the spot where the
purse lay. 1t was readily discovered by
reason of its brilliancy, being worked in
gold and silver threads. A stout cord
was attached to it. We pulled gently
upon the cord, and drew down a ladder
made of silk.
The night was dark, not star visible.
Thus far everything favored us. We
put strain upon the ladder with both
our weights, to keep it from swaying,
when suddenly we felt a heavy burden
upon it, and in an instant man in O
white tunic sprang from the ladder and
seized me by both arms muttering some
thing / could not understand. Letting
go his iron grip upon me, he took the
Captain in the same manner. Then he
5prang upon the ladder and disappeared.
We were SO taken by surprise that we
could not defend ourselves if occasion
had required it. Treachery or not we
did not know, but we stood at our post.
Presently we felt by the strain on the
rope that some one was again descend
ing. This time it was the lady herself.
She sprang lightly to the ground, and
later came the man who had be-
fore descended. He was her faithful
slave. He fell on his knees, begging to
De taken with us. But this was impos-
,ible. He was to be relieved by another
guard at four o'clock, and his absence
would have caused the discovery of the
escape. She advised him to return,
,lose the window, and let go the rope,
She could not be missed until noon.
when it would be impossible to know
Turing whose watch she had made her
escape. 1t might be supposed that she
lad committed suicide, as she had fire.
Iuently threatened to do, and might
nave done so by throwing herself into
he Bosphorus, through the trap in the
loor Of boat house near by.
She did not speak nor evince any ter
or, but trusted us entirely. AS we
leard footsteps rapidly approaching,
md feared pursuit or q meeting with
treet marauders, we lost no time in
the gate. The guard opened